waitress
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waitresses
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verb (used without object)
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Sheila Williams, from Golden Cross, has taken on a waitress job for the winter to help her pay her bills.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
Joyce Bracken, 80, a waitress at a local restaurant, feels the same way.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
My mom worked there as a cocktail waitress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
He said no more than four words to me the entire meal, but managed to chat up our waitress.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
I once asked Ms. Tomoko, our waitress, why it waved, and she explained that Maneki-neko means “beckoning cat,” and waving the left paw means it’s inviting customers into the restaurant.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
A DJ in a sharp suit is manning the turntables, and waitresses in ties and white smoking-jacket-inspired dresses—outfits of Eagle’s design—scour the crowd as people dance with drinks in the air.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
"We don't need 10 waitresses to be serving four tables," Gonzalez says.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026
His focus is on ordinary Midwesterners—bus drivers, waitresses, dime-store clerks, schoolteachers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
“Alice” aired on CBS from 1976 to 1985 and featured Holliday, Lavin and Beth Howland as a trio of waitresses working at the roadside Mel’s Diner in Phoenix.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2025
Three of the waitresses came in at the same time.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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